paste files without a space or tab

[littleIdiot]

Hi
I want to paste two files together and have NO delimiter, so that one line seemlessly joins another.

e.g

file_1            file_2
-------           ------
i want th         is line to
join up w         ith this line


result
------
i want this line to
join up with this line

does that make sense?
I have tried paste, and I can't get it to NOT put in a delimiter.

Any ideas?
Thanks.

 

[PHV]

Try this:

paste -d '\0' file_1 file_2

Anyway,

 man paste

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[littleIdiot]

Why is it always the way, that when you try somethign the first time, it doesn't wok, then when someone points it out, it works?!

I'm sure it didn't work earlier - I think I might have been using "\0" rather than '\0'

Anyway - it has worked now - thank you.

Tim

PS I also thought of using this long winded method

 paste -d : file_1 file_2 | sed s/://